Patrick Hammer of London tells about his first attack of gout, which occurred when he was only 32-years-old and living in Somalia.
“I woke suddenly in the night to an unbearable pain, as if someone had stamped on the ball of my foot. An area of my foot was shining red, like a snooker ball, and was very sensitive and inflamed. I was amazed. I didn't know what it was.”
"The nurse at the British Embassy looked at my foot and told me that I had gout. I was prescribed a medication called colchi...
